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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Rising freshman DD has made our local hs JV cheer team. DH feels parents do not attend every game. Me on the other hand, am under the belief that it requires family time commitment so we should be at all of the away and home games. DH believes it’s not the case and if at most, attend some of the home games. Now, I wonder if I’m unrealistically thinking about this.

Did you attend all of your child’s games? Both home and away? [/quote]

I am confused…are you planning to go watch the JV football team play a game at which your DD on the JV cheer team will just be on the sidelines doing some cheers?

Is that the question?  That seems a little nuts to me.  I don’t even know what you are supporting…your daughter isn’t competing at that event.[/quote]

Yes - cheer parents go to the home games when the girls are cheering. Sometimes to the away games. We hosted pre-game dinners, once or twice during the season. Attended all of the competitions. By basketball season it gets to be a bit much, but we made it to a couple of games. Agree with pp who said it’s fun to get to know the other families and the girls. [/quote]

I guess if you want the adult socialization…but I don’t get why your kid cares if you are there or not.  They aren’t competing at those games.

I mean…I doubt parents with kids in stage crew attend every performance vs the kids actually acting in the show.

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It’s not that complicated. You support your kids by showing up to their events. If you cannot show up to every game/show/competition/etc you go to as many as you can. You show that you are interested in what they are doing because you care about them. 
For the parents on here that pushing back and questioning attending games where your daughter is sideline cheering - if you really don’t want to go just don’t go. The rest of us are not “wrong” for attending.  Seriously this is not rocket science, it’s parenting. [/quote]

Because there isn’t anything to support…that’s why it’s weird.  You are claiming it’s fine if you don’t want to go, but you started your whole thread with some weird superior attitude about how you should go to as many as you can.

I guess parents of actual kids competing just can’t relate to showing up to every random game where your kid isn’t competing…they are just official team fans.[/quote]

DP, you just don't know and are running your mouth off. There is plenty to support. My DD went to practice every day. She was a flyer who practiced nonstop. I want to see my child doing insane gymnastics feats, even if she is cheering on a football game. I felt the same as you when she started; I am from Europe and was appalled that my DD would cheer on boys playing anything!

I have photos of her in gravity-defying cheer stunts. When you see your child over five to seven meters in the air, or doing arco series, backhand springs, and then do it all with some 20 teammates and all in tempo, not hitting each other, you come talk to us that there is nothing to support. I am a big enough person to admit I was wrong when I thought the same very wrong.[/quote]

So, did they beat the other team that day?

I get you attend the competitions…but how many times do you need to watch the same thing at every random football, basketball or whatever game?
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